Engineering is the Digital Transformation Company, leader in Italy and expanding its global footprint, with around 15,000 associates, with over 70 offices spread across Europe, the United States, and South America. 

The Engineering Group, consisting of over 70 companies in 14 countries, has been supporting the continuous evolution of companies and organizations for more than 40 years, thanks to a deep understanding of business processes in all market segments, fully leveraging the opportunities offered by advanced digital technologies and proprietary solutions. 

With a strong and relentless focus on Innovation, through our R&I division that comprises over 450 researchers and data scientists (and a global innovation network of universities, startups, and research firms), the Group continues to invest in international R&D projects while exploring groundbreaking technologies and developing new business solutions. The Group continuously invests in human capital, with the internal “Enrico Della Valle” IT & Management Academy, which provides continuous upskilling and reskilling paths for both company employees and stakeholders, with over 32,000 training days per year. 

The Engineering Group boasts a diversified portfolio built around proprietary solutions, best-of-breed market solutions, and managed services, and continues to expand its expertise through M&As and partnerships with leading technology players. Our 40+ years presence in all market segments (from Finance to Healthcare, from Utilities to Manufacturing and many more) has allowed us to build deep knowledge of business needs and anticipate them by exploring constantly the evolution of technologies, especially in the field of Cloud, Cybersecurity, Metaverse, Artificial Intelligence and Data. 

This unique approach positions Engineering as a key player in the creation of digital ecosystems that bridge the gap between different markets, while developing composable solutions that ultimately foster a continuous Business transformation. 

Role in the project:

ENG as Large ICT enterprise with a strong R&I department and strategy will coordinate the project, and therefore WP1 (Project Management) as well as leading WP5 (Services Integration and Deployment). ENG provides AgriBIT with the project and ICT management role to guide the overall implementation of the different components, providing prior expertise in project management, reference architecture definition, data management and processing (also from the security and privacy aspects), in knowledge sharing and co-creation and in collaborative environments, further ENG will contribute in platform infrastructure development and APIs for Big Data Analytic service. For this reason it is also involved in other WPs, in particular dealing with Design and Impact generation activities (namely Exploitation and Business Case definition in WP6). As described below, ENG also brings commercial-grade ICT infrastructure which will be made available, also in terms of expertise, to AgriBIT.